RCB vs PBKS Final Prediction, Playing 11, Key Picks,

RCB vs PBKS Final Prediction: 73 matches, more than 10 weeks (including a gap of one week), and we are down to this: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) will clash in the IPL 2025 final on Tuesday evening in Ahmedabad.

What everyone is certain of is that there will be a new IPL champion. This is the maiden IPL final for Punjab, who had reached the playoffs for the first time since 2014. This is the fourth IPL final for RCB, who have lost all of their previous three IPL finals, in 2009, 2011, and 2016, with Virat Kohli being part of all three of them.

PBKS had topped the league stage points table this season but lost in Qualifier 1 to RCB. Shreyas Iyer then put up a captaincy performance for the ages against the dominating Mumbai Indians (MI) in Qualifier 2 to seal PBKS’ spot in the final. With this, Iyer became the first captain in IPL history to take three different teams to an IPL final; he lost with Delhi Capitals in 2020 but won with KKR in 2024.

Only MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma have won two consecutive IPL titles as captain. Now Iyer will be eyeing putting himself on that list. This could well be the last great opportunity for Kohli to lift the IPL trophy.

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RCB vs PBKS head-to-head:

To make this final even spicier, the head-to-head record between RCB and PBKS is level. RCB and PBKS have met 36 times in the IPL, and both teams have won 18 games each.

In IPL 2025, they have already met three times, of which Punjab won once and RCB won two matches.

RCB vs PBKS date and time:

Date: June 3, Tuesday
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Time: 7:30 PM IST / 02:00 PM GMT / 7:30 PM LOCAL

RCB vs PBKS injury and availability news:

Both teams are likely to stick with the same line-ups that featured in their last matches, respectively. Yuzvendra Chahal returned to the side in Qualifier 2 against MI. In Qualifier 1, RCB were given a boost as Josh Hazlewood returned to action.

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Predicted RCB vs PBKS Playing 11 (plus impact sub):

RCB predicted XII:

Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Mayank Agarwal, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma

PBKS predicted XII:

Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak

RCB vs PBKS pitch report:

The Narendra Modi Stadium has been one of the most batting-friendly venues in IPL 2025. The most runs this season have been scored in Ahmedabad, with the average winning score being 210, the second-highest among all venues this season that have hosted at least a couple of games.

It has been reported that the final will be played on the same pitch as the first match of the season in Ahmedabad between Punjab and Gujarat Titans. In that game, Punjab piled up 243 runs, with Iyer scoring 97*, and GT replied with 232. In a nutshell, expect a high-scoring final between RCB and PBKS.

RCB vs PBKS Top Captaincy Picks:

The top captaincy picks in the RCB vs PBKS final are Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, and Josh Inglis.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: 3 players to watch out for:

The 3 players to watch out for in RCB vs PBKS are Nehal Wadhera, Phil Salt, and Romario Shepherd.

RCB vs PBKS Final Prediction: Who will win today?

For the RCB vs PBKS prediction, we predict that RCB will beat PBKS in the final of the IPL 2025.